Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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Fiscal Summary STATE GOVERNMENTEXPENDITURESIncarceration$81,000 Bill Summary Present law provides that vehicular homicide, a Class C felony punishable by three to 15 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000, is the reckless killing of another by the operation of an automobile, airplane, boat, or other motor vehicle, as the proximate result of certain conduct, including any of the following: Conduct creating a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to a person. The driver's or the operator's intoxication by alcohol, drugs, or both. Drag racing. The driver's conduct in a posted construction zone where the person killed was an employee of the department of transportation or a highway construction worker. This bill adds to the above list a driver's extreme and excessive rate of speed 20 miles per hour or more over the posted speed limit. Vehicular homicide by extreme and excessive rate of speed is raised to a Class B felony, punishable by eight to 30 years in prison and a fine up to $25,000.
